This is Keeper Marilyn. Marilyn started working in the animal department almost 6 years ago. She started working 10 hours each week, and worked herself into a full time job after about 9 months. (On the right she is trying to get a weight on an opossum). Marilyn’s attention to detail is outstanding. She loves to learn and is always thinking of innovative things for the animals. If you need someone to help you don’t even have to ask, she’llRead more
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Show and Tell
We got this really nice shed from one of our pine snakes the other day and thought it would be good to share. Pretty impressive, huh?!Read more
Madagascar animals
Cassandra (a Ringtail Lemur) explores her exhibit I think our six lemurs here at the Museum are pretty good ambassadors of their species. But if watching and learning about them hasn’t been enough to make you want to support habitat conservation in Madagascar, click here for another couple hundred of reasons.Read more
Volunteer Recognition
The animal department could not function without the many volunteers that help us out. We’ve written many posts in the past about the many roles they play in our department so I won’t repeat what we have already said. This year the department nominated Donald and Sofia for the Volunteer Center of Durham’s Key Volunteer Awards.The luncheon is an opportunity to recognize volunteers from agencies around Durham that work to improve the community. I was proud to join our twoRead more
Creature Feature: Banded Water Snake
This snake came to us in September of 2008, but its estimated birth date was in August of 2007. The previous owners had it for 6 months and then gave it to a pet store, which then donated the snake to us. We are not sure if the snake is male or female, and I am hesitant to speculate due to the most recent mix up with our black rat snake! However, what I am sure about is that thisRead more
My visit to the Atlanta Zoo
I was in Atlanta last weekend and visited Zoo Atlanta on a rainy day. I was thrilled to have cool weather and less people. (click here to see a map of the zoo). When I visit zoos I don’t typically get my thrills from seeing the animals. I like to look at the exhibits and layouts and get enrichment ideas and see what I can bring back to use at the Museum. I spent extended time at the lemur exhibit,Read more